Multicultural Ministry

General Church
Siblings Agnes and Alfred Quint (on screen) join with singers from the Uniting Church in Sweden to lead worshippers in “O Store Gud,” the original Swedish name of the hymn English speakers know as “How Great Thou Art,” during the World Methodist Conference in Gothenburg, Sweden. Photo by Klaus Ulrich Ruof, Germany Central Conference.

Conference spotlights Methodism ‘on the move’

Representatives from Wesleyan-rooted denominations worldwide, including United Methodists, traveled to Sweden for the World Methodist Conference.
Multicultural Ministry
The CRCC Madang program helps cultivate a new generation of Korean American United Methodist pastors who serve cross-racial appointments. The participants and lecturers had a retreat May 1-3, 2023, at Teaneck United Methodist Church, Teaneck, N.J. Photo courtesy of the Rev. Grace Pak.

Madang program equips Korean pastors in cross-racial ministry

CRCC Madang is an enhanced and evolved program called to cultivate a new generation of Korean American United Methodist pastors who serve cross-racial appointments.
Church Growth
Pasifika is the term used to describe Pacific Islanders who are in the Las Vegas diaspora and Las Vegas considered is the Ninth Island. It is a hub of Pacific culture. Photo courtesy of the Desert Southwest Conference.

Pacific Islander church opens doors

Pasifika: United Methodist Community has begun ministry with the growing Pacific Islander population in the Las Vegas area. The community’s building will now host Tongan, Samoan and Filipino United Methodist congregations that began at other United Methodist churches in the area.
Social Concerns
Attendees of the Nov. 14-16 Facing the Future conference in Atlanta pose with blank masks before decorating them as part of an exercise. The conference drew about 300 pastors serving in cross-cultural ministry to share their experiences and learn new ways to be effective. Photo courtesy of the United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race.

Clergy of color ‘have to keep on pushing’

Hope and hurt comingled at a United Methodist Commission on Religion and Race conference about cross-cultural ministries, where hard discussions about bias and race took place.

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